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''[[A Lover by Proxy]]'' is a burletta in one act by Dion Boucicault[https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dion_Boucicault] (1820/1822? – 1890). The play is also referred to in various publications as "a comedietta" or "a farce". | ''[[A Lover by Proxy]]'' is a burletta in one act by Dion Boucicault[https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dion_Boucicault] (1820/1822? – 1890). The play is also referred to in various publications as "a comedietta" or "a farce". | ||
| − | It was one of Boucicault's earliest works and | + | It was one of Boucicault's earliest works, probably written 1840 and first performed to moderate success at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on Thursday April 21st, 1842. Published in London the same year as No. 102 of Webster's series ''Acting National Drama''. |
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A Lover by Proxy is a burletta in one act by Dion Boucicault[1] (1820/1822? – 1890). The play is also referred to in various publications as "a comedietta" or "a farce".
It was one of Boucicault's earliest works, probably written 1840 and first performed to moderate success at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on Thursday April 21st, 1842. Published in London the same year as No. 102 of Webster's series Acting National Drama.
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dion_Boucicault
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6662378M/A_lover_by_proxy
Robert Hogan, 1969. Dion Boucicault[2]: pp. 51-3.
Christopher Fitz-Simmon in the Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre edited by Colin Chambers[3]: p. 835.
